Conflict catalog

1975 Angolan Civil War: Weapons and Equipment

1975 Angolan Civil War catalog used for weapons directly documented in the conflict.

The 1975 Angolan Civil War was a long post-independence conflict between the MPLA government and UNITA, shaped by conventional offensives, guerrilla warfare, airpower, and outside support.

This catalog tracks weapon systems directly documented in 1975 Angolan Civil War use.

Entries should be limited to systems with direct conflict-use sourcing.

3 weapon systems

Conflict Actors

MPLA government / UNITA

UNITA

0 weapon systems in this catalog
  • UNITA

Context

Status
Published catalog
Domains
air, land

Weapons

1975 Angolan Civil War Weapon Systems

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Su-25, Ground-attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsSu-25Ground-attack aircraftSide: MPLA governmentRole: Ground-attack sortiesBuilt: Sukhoi / Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant / United Aircraft Corporation / Soviet Union / Russia / GeorgiaThe Su-25 is a Soviet-designed armored close air support aircraft built for low-level battlefield strike, rough-field operation, and heavy stores carriage. Developed by Sukhoi and produced in Soviet, Russian, and Georgian factories, the twin-engine subsonic jet combines a protected cockpit, internal 30 mm cannon, and multiple pylons for rockets, bombs, missiles, and adapted guided weapons, with documented use from Afghanistan and Iraq to Darfur, Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine.
Su-27, Twin-engine air-superiority fighter, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsSu-27Twin-engine air-superiority fighterSide: MPLA governmentRole: Reported operational service and lossBuilt: Sukhoi / Soviet Union / RussiaThe Su-27, NATO reporting name Flanker, is a Soviet-designed twin-engine air-superiority fighter built around long range, high speed, and heavy air-to-air armament. Its combat record extends from Abkhazia and the 1998 Eritrean-Ethiopian War to Angola, Tigray, and the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, where operators used it for air superiority, air-to-air combat, and adapted strike missions that now include Western precision and anti-radiation munitions.

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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9K33 Osa, Short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system, Air DefenseAir Defense9K33 OsaShort-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile systemSide: MPLA governmentRole: FAPLA short-range air defenseBuilt: Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ) / Soviet UnionThe 9K33 Osa, NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko, is a Soviet short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that combines search radar, tracking radar, command guidance, and ready-to-fire missiles on a single amphibious 6x6 TELAR. Cataloged conflict records show the system across several generations of air-defense use: Syrian Osa-AK vehicles in Lebanon in 1982, Iraqi SA-8s in the Gulf War air-defense network, captured Georgian systems in 2008, rebel-held examples in Syria, Armenian and Ukrainian battlefield use, and Indian OSA-AK service during Operation Sindoor.